Will Calendula's politically correct cuisine extend even to nonvegans?

Food Reviews & Stories
We've obviously entered a new Meat Age. But when reviewing this grisly time, will historians find a correlation between the world at war (carnage) and the world's demand for meat (carne)? Is it mere c ...
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Reserve some places for Mark Setlock's comic trip into the restaurant world.

Theater
One of the secret successes of playwright Becky Mode and actor Mark Setlock's hilarious tour of the food-service ring of Hell is the personal stories that it inspires from its audience afterwards in p ...
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Imago's Missing Mona misses the point of theater.

Theater
At the top of Carol Triffle's newest piece at Imago, a hilarious story is told, via projection, about an Italian who stole Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, from the Louvre in 1911. Year ...
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Books
It might have been nice to have owned this truly fairy tale when I was growing up. The Dutch writer-illustrator team of Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland's children's book Koning & Koning failed to ...
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In ART's latest production, the play is not the thing, but the acting, especially William Hurt's, is.

Theater
If Steinbeck's Lenny and George had finally achieved their own farm, they might have become a bit like Morgan and Angus, two middle-aged bachelors coexisting on an Ontario spread. Morgan much resemble ...
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Four artists illustrate their love for Matt Groening and Lynda Barry.

Featured Stories
The 1970s ushered in a fecund period of cartooning in our region. One often hears the term "The Northwest School," which denotes a loose pantheon of pen-and-ink greats that includes Bill Plympton, Mat ...
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Books
At first glance it looks like the curse of tardiness. Davina Kotulski's helpful primer on gay marriage hit the press prior to the revolution breaking out in San Francisco (her native city) and Portlan ...
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Famed queer performance artist Tim Miller may have to take his show, US, on the road as the U.S. is about to deport his partner.

Theater
Tim Miller has faced many official obstacles as an American artist. As one of the NEA 4, he became a punching bag for Sen. Jesse Helms and the Baptists' Taliban wing, as Miller's work was (and remains ...
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The musical career of cartoonist John Callahan takes off.

Featured Stories
Come In, I'll Be Back. The sign on the front door carries the familiar skewed script of John Callahan, the famed--or make that ill-famed--cartoonist, whom I've come to visit to discuss his new musical ...
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ART stages Albee's beastly play.

Theater
Martin's life appears ideal: At 50 he's a renowned architect. His home life seems equally satisfying; his wife, Stevie, is devoted to him, as is his teenage son, Billy. It's the American dream realize ...
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